New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Multiple people were killed and another person was hospitalized after a mass shooting at a home in North Carolina on Wednesday morning, authorities said, as investigators worked to determine what led to the violence.

According to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), deputies from the Caswell County Sheriff's Office responded to a call just before 8 a.m. at a residence on Brooks Road in Prospect Hill, where they discovered multiple victims suffering from gunshot wounds.

The SBI said one person was transported to a hospital with injuries, while multiple other people were found dead at the scene. Officials have not released the exact number of fatalities or the condition of the injured victim.

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